Overnight closures begin at Pueblo’s busy 29th & Elizabeth intersection

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- An ongoing water main replacement has advanced to the point that it will require closing a major intersection west of Interstate 25 for several weeks.

Pueblo Water crews are doing the work along Elizabeth Street at the 29th Street intersection, and the first night of the closure was from 7 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. Monday.

The closure will remain in effect for the same hours Sunday through Thursday for the next two to three weeks, city officials said -- which would end either just before or after the 4th of July Holiday weekend.

Crews started the project in late spring, and no projected completion date is available at the time of this writing; workers are installing several miles of the new main.

Most of Elizabeth, from 29th south to City Center Drive downtown (formerly 1st Street), will be repaved this summer after the water main project.

The closure is slightly north of the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT) ongoing project to replace five bridges at the I-25/US 50 East interchange.

Elizabeth is a primary north/south route through the city, and 29th is one of the city's few east/west routes across town.

"You go under the highway, under the railroad tracks," said Joe Cervi, a spokesman for Pueblo Water. "You're dealing with the railroads, you're dealing with CDOT, you're dealing with your subcontractors. So, it's a pretty massive undertaking and a pretty expansive project."